Crown Holdings shares climate transition plan

The report details further scope 3 emissions reductions strategies, improved data collection efforts and the cans specialist’s approach to managing risk.

What happened

Cans specialist Crown Holdings published a climate transition plan last month, which CEO Tim Donahue said covers the company’s “climate ambition,” including a decarbonization road map, approach to climate risks and other components.

Crown has numerous 2030 sustainability goals under a program it calls Twentyby30. Under that framework, the company aims for a 50% combined reduction in absolute scope 1 and scope 2 emissions, from a 2019 baseline. It also seeks to cut its scope 3 emissions — which account for 91% of its overall greenhouse gas emissions footprint, especially due to upstream purchased goods and services, transportation and distribution — by 27.5%.

Why it matters

By the end of 2025, Crown had nearly hit that goal, at 25%. Continued reduction strategies include collaborating with suppliers on sustainable sourcing and shared decarbonization efforts, and continuing to explore more efficient materials and solutions in its own products and secondary packaging.

These efforts have also necessitated better data. To improve accurate calculations, “we organized face-to-face meetings with the majority of our aluminum and steel suppliers, fostering dialogue and collaboration around emissions data,” the company reported. “These engagements enabled us to request recycled content information and supplier-specific emission factors.” This also promotes a shared responsibility approach, Crown noted.

Crown also detailed strategies to specifically target transportation emissions. These include increasing the use of intermodal transport, namely rail and sea options to mitigate emissions from long-distance road shipments. “In parallel, load optimization efforts are helping increase truck utilization and reduce the total number of trips required,” the company reported.

This news brief is based on reporting published by Packaging Dive on 2026-07-13. The original report is linked below.